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Sacrifice Zones Part 2: Petrochemical Development Threatens the Pacific Northwest
Bernstein investigates how proposals for petrochemical development in the Pacific Northwest threatens the region's core cultural, social, and environmental values.
Economic Update: Capitalism’s Self-Destruction
This week's episode discusses the declining California State University system, Trump vs. coal industry realities and much more.
If You Work a Full-Time Job, You Shouldn’t Be Earning a Poverty Wage
CounterSpin interviews Holly Sklar on living wage economics.
Economic Update: When the US Government Destroyed a Political Party
This week's episode discusses the Oklahoma cutting funds for public schools, why Americans don't take the paid vacations owed to them and more.
Misleading, Myth-Based Reporting Risks Giving Cover to Slash Vital Programs
Rebecca Vallas discusses The Washington Post's series on disability insurance.
Sacrifice Zones: Fossil Fuels Lay Waste to Iconic Landscapes
A rash of proposals have surfaced in communities throughout the Northwest to export vast amounts of fossil fuels to Asian markets.
Economic Update: Human Nature and Capitalism
This week's episode discusses California and Nevada's steps toward universal medical insurance, the Toronto housing bubble and more.
Economic Update: Economic Failures and the Blame Game
This week's episode discusses how big banks fix rates, the IRS checks on churches and how CEOs' pay rises fastest to worsen US inequality and more.
Ari Berman on the Attack on Voting Rights
Iowa Republicans are pushing a strict voter ID law that could disenfranchise 11 percent of the state's eligible voters.
Taxcast: Britain’s Second Empire
Taxcast talks with Michael Oswald about his new film “The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire.”